The Facebook Community Accelerator Program is a holistic approach to supporting these community leaders who are are looking for support and guidance in how to grow their communities. This program also builds programmatic ways to provide training, support, and funding to enable great communities to make an even greater positive impact in the world.

Eligibilities 

The Facebook Community Accelerator Program is open to communities with leaders who are 18 years of age or older and reside in the following countries: Brazil, the United States, Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt. Communities must have existed for over one year (either online or offline), and must have a minimum size of 5,000 members if primarily online. The program will be conducted in English or Portuguese (if applying from Brazil).

Funding 

Facebook will work with GlobalGiving to fund participants’ approved growth plans. Up to $3 million total will be awarded to program participants. Selected participants will each receive up to $30k to execute their growth plans during the 6-month program and could be eligible to receive part of the $500K additional funding available at the end of the program to further grow their communities and impact.

Selection Criteria 

• Established Community: An existing community (either online or offline) who has an engaged member base and has existed for over one year.
• Social Impact: A desire to create a social impact that betters people’s lives through their community.
• Appetite to Grow: The community leaders know that growing their community through Facebook’s family of apps is their next challenge and is willing and excited to scale.
• Capacity: A team that has the capacity to scale their community using Facebook’s family of apps and can manage the growth and work that comes with it.
• Leadership: The leader(s) of the community have leadership experience, including managing teams and projects.
• Business Model / Income Strategy: The community has a business model or is close to having a business model to cover their costs, even if it isn’t recurring revenue.
• Commitment: A team that is committed to engaging fully in each stage of the program.